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Entretejidas | Mextrópoli, 13o. Festival de Arquitectura y Ciudad
Exhibition ("Interwoven") presented with Mextrópoli, Mexico City's 13th Festival of Architecture and the City, on view at San Ildefonso through early December.
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You start with the present, not the pioneers. The first architects you meet are working today, roughly 35 to 55, many with their own firms, prizes and international projects. The women of the early 20th century come later, on a detailed timeline that shows how the generations overlap.
Curator Zaida Muxí spent over three years on it: more than 200 Mexican architects and about 200 pieces, from models and plans to photographs, drawings and publications. Each architect picked two projects of her own, and many lent a personal object, such as a logbook. "It's not about showing 10 or 15 heroines," Muxí says, "but showing that there are many of us." It's a pointed place for that line: the murals that made San Ildefonso famous were all painted by men.
The catch, by Muxí's own account, is that the map still leans towards Mexico City. General admission is MXN 50, and Sundays are free.
Look for
The relationship diagrams
Look for the charts tracing who taught whom, which friendships turned into collaborations and which universities linked one generation of architects to the next.
The timeline
A detailed chronology places each architect's career inside a longer history, so you can watch generations appear and overlap.
Aisha Ballesteros's section
The JSA Arquitectura architect's projects for restaurants and hotels sit beside embroidery and loom work, reflecting the craft side of her practice.
The personal objects
Logbooks and other belongings lent by the architects themselves appear next to their models and plans.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Nerding Out
Skip if
You want buildings to walk through: this is models, plans, photographs and diagrams.
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- Entretejidas | Mextrópoli, 13o. Festival de Arquitectura y CiudadCourtesy of Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
- México: ruta y destinoCourtesy of Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)
- Alexandre Estrela. RedSkyFalls: RéplicaCourtesy of Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC)
- El Códice de AzcatitlanCourtesy of Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Antiguo Colegio de San IldefonsoProtoplasmaKid / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Museo del Templo MayorJuan Carlos Fonseca Mata / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo del EstanquilloLuisalvaz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)Luisalvaz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo del Palacio de Bellas ArtesXavier Quetzalcoatl Contreras Castillo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0